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Spending program

Canada Council for the Arts

Canada Council for the Arts · Culture, heritage and sport

In fiscal year 2024–25, Canada Council for the Arts spent $364 million on Canada Council for the Arts, down from $369 million in 2023–24. That is $12.16 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$364M

8.0% of Culture, heritage and sport spending in 2024–25.

Down $5.1M from $369M in 2023–24.

$12.16per tax filer$8.85per person

Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Canada Council for the Arts, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Canada Council for the Arts, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$293M
2019–20$328M
2020–21$429M
2021–22$510M
2022–23$423M
2023–24$369M
2024–25$364M

Source and basis

  • GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
  • Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.

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